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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Maryland Two-Dollar Bill
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Maryland Two-Dollar Bill

Artifact IDMO 1982.42.1
Object Type Money, Paper
Printer (Dutch-American printer and publisher, c. 1720 - 1775)
Printer (American printer, 1746 - 1770)
Date1770
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 2 5/8 in x W 4 1/4 in (6.7 cm x 10.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionA partial two-dollar bill, no. 15050 issued by the Assembly of Maryland at Annapolis on March 5, 1770. It is payable in London at a rate of four shillings and sixpence (4s6d) sterling per dollar or equivalent in gold or silver. The serial number of the bill is handwritten in ink. At the bottom of the bill are the original ink signatures of John Clapham and Robert Couden. The center of the bill has been removed and replaced with the reverse-side middle section of a similar 1767 bill featuring a leaves and branches nature print.

The reverse side is blank.
Additional Details
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesStamp Collecting Materials (National Archives Identifier 749938)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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